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United for Peace & Justice
(212) 868-5545

PRESS RELEASES:

National

• OVER 100,000 PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL DAY OF ANTIWAR ACTION
• Country's Largest Anti-War Coalition Decries Unilateral Sanctions, October 27th Anti-War Marches to Call for No War on Iran
• Tens of Thousands Expected to Converge in 11 Cities Across Nation to Protest Against Iraq war on October 27th
• October 27 - Pan-Canadian Day Of Action Against War In Afghanistan

Regional

• 7,500 March in Boston For an End to the War in Iraq
• Gold Star Fathers Speak Out in Oklahoma City for Peace
• Thousands Converge on New Orleans to March for Peace and Justice on October 27th
• Orlando Hosts Southeast Regional March to End the War in Iraq
• Send-off Rally for Hundreds Traveling from Portland to Seattle Anti-War Demo
• Local Congressmen to Announce 10/27 Mobilization (Chicago)
• Thousands Expected As Orlando Joins 10 U.S. Cities Mobilizing to End the War in Iraq
• Veterans For Peace: Fall Out Against the War in Seattle
• OCTOBER 27: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR -- BOSTON
• Over 100 Groups Endorse October 27 'End the War Now' Protest in San Francisco
• National Day of Action Oklahoma City Joins National Events to End The War Now, Bring Troops Home

PRESS COVERAGE:

• Peace Marches Draw Tens of Thousands Nationwide (ABC News, 10/27/07)
• Protesters call for end to Iraq war (Reuters, 10/27/07)
• Thousands Call for Swift End to Iraq War (Associated Press, 10/27/07)
• Thousands Across U.S. Protest Iraq War (CBS News, 10/27/07)
• Thousands join US anti-Iraq war protests (Agence France Presse, 10/28/07)
• Thousands Protest In 11 US Cities Against Iraq War (Voice of America, 10/28/07)
• Thousands Protest Bush Administration's Stance On War (WMAQ-TV [NBC], Chicago, 10/27/07)
• Regional Coalitions Collaborate on Decentralized Mobilization To End the War in Iraq (Indymedia US, 10/27/07)
• Thousands in US anti-war protests (BBC News, 10/28/07)
• Protests targeted war funding (Inter Press Service, 10/29/07)
• Anti-war protests held across US (inthenews.co.uk, 10/28/07)
• Thousands Of Anti-War Protesters Rally In Union Square (NY1, 10/27/07)
• Westfield students raise their anti-war voices (The Star-Ledger, 10/28/07)
• Lower Hudson Valley residents join war protest in New York City (The Journal News, NY, 10/28/07)
• NYC protest undeterred by rain (The Wesleyan Argus, 10/30/07)
• Stags bring spirit to war protest in NYC (The Mirror, Fairfield University, 11/1/07)
• Thousands rally in New York against Iraq war (Xinhua News Agency, 10/28/07)
• Anti-war march winds through Loop (Chicago Tribune, 10/28/07)
• Thousands "die" in anti-war protest on Market St. in SF (San Francisco Chronicle, 10/27/07)
• Thousands Rally Against Iraq War In S.F. (KTVU, 10/27/07)
• Thousands in SF Protest Iraq War (San Francisco Bay Times, 11/1/07)
• October 27 March Against the War in San Francisco (Indymedia Bay Area, 10/27/07)
• 10,000 in Boston rally against war (Boston Globe, 10/28/07)
• Rally draws war-weary (Boston Herald, 10/28/07)
• Calling for an end (The Northeastern News, 10/29/07)
• Students add their voices to Boston peace rally (The New Hampshire, 10/30/07)
• Wheaton students attend Peace Rally in Boston (Wheaton Wire, 11/7/07)
• Boston pacifists protest Iraq War (Berkeley Beacon, 11/1/07)
• Bucks represented at Philly peace rally (Bucks County Courier Times, 10/28/07)
• Pleas for peace at Independence Mall (Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/27/07)
• New Jerseyans join war protest (Courier Post, Camden, NJ, 10/29/07)
• Thousands in Seattle march against Iraq war (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/27/07)
• Seattle marchers join nationwide protest day (Seattle Times, 10/28/07)
• Protestors call for end to war (KOMO-TV, Seattle, 10/27/07)
• 2,000 march in Seattle to protest war (KING 5 News, 10/27/07)
• 1,000 gather in Salt Lake protest of Iraq war (Deseret Morning News, 10/28/07)
• Rallying Points - Hundreds from both sides of war effort attend Jonesborough event (Johnson City Press, 10/28/07)
• Peace demonstration draws many (Arizona Daily Wildcat, 10/29/07)
• Peace rally raises awareness (The Garden Island, Hawaii, 10/28/07)
• Iraq War Protestors Line Streets of Chenal and Bowman (KATV, Ark., 10/27/07)
• Wisconsin against war (The Capital Times, Letter to the Editor, 10/27/07)
• Peace gathering Saturday in Kapa‘a (The Garden Island, Hawaii, 10/27/07)
• What We Can Do to End the War (Alternet, 10/26/07)
• Protesters Gear Up for Oct. 27 March to End the War (Berkeley Daily Planet, 10/26/07)
• Seattle 1 of 11 cities selected to host anti-war protest day (The Seattle Times, 10/26/07)
• McHenry peace group to march (Chicago Daily Herald, 10/26/07)
• Police prepare for war protest in Jonesborough (Tricities News Channel 11, Tenn./Va.)
• Fallen Soldier: Family Reflects on Son's Life and Prep for Peace Rally (KSBI-TV, Okla. 10/26/07)
• PV father to speak out on Iraq war (Pauls Valley Daily Democrat, Okla., 10/26/07)
• Peace rally scheduled for Saturday in Salt Lake (Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, 10/26/07)
• National Mobilization Against the War (Village Voice, 10/26/07)
• Peace Festival plans set for Saturday (The Times of Trenton, 10/25/07)
• Protest vet leads Long Island group to city rally (Newsday, 10/24/07)
• Peace group to hit Boston (Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, 10/23/07)
• Bucks residents to rally for peace (Bucks County Courier Times, 10/20/07)
• Peace rally is chance for us to unite against Iraq war (The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc., 10/19/07)
• Peace Bus to join Idaho Coalition (Idaho Mountain Express, 10/19/07
• Rocky to headline anti-war rally in SLC (Salt Lake Tribune, 10/18/07)
• Rally to bring home troops; walk across George Washington Bridge (Teaneck Suburbanite, NJ, 10/18/07)
• Bus will be available for residents interested in attending peace rally (The Journal Times, Racine, Wisc., 10/17/07)
• Holy Cross community will join thousands across nation in speaking out about Iraq war (Worcester, Mass., 10/17/07)
• Demonstration against Iraq war (Bergen Record, NJ, 10/16/07)
• Save the Date October 27 for A Major AntiWar Event, Possibly in Your Backyard (OpEdNews.com, 10/5/07)
• Peace rally draws Melbourne crowd, Group heading to Orlando in October (Florida Today, 9/30/07)